Diachronous metamorphism of the Ladakh Terrain at the Karakorum-Nanga Parbat-Haramosh junction (NW Baltistan, Pakistan)

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-264

  Villa, Igor M ^a   Ruffini, Raffaella ^b   Rolfo, Franco ^c   Lombardo, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

39Ar 40Ar dating; Amphibolite facies; Exhumation; Ladakh; NW Himalaya; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; EXHUMATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

PAKISTAN, BALTISTAN;

EID: 0030478762     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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